Photo: Myke2020 · Public domainVegreville records more crime per resident than 89% of Canadian towns
Within Alberta, half the towns score under 110. What’s more, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Vegreville reported put it at D for safety: #441 of 474 in Alberta. Behind the grade sit 24.7 violent incidents and 68.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 107.9 and 151.7.
Statistics Canada, police-reported crime, 2023–2025 means. The index weighs each crime by its seriousness; rates are incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What stands out about safety in Vegreville
Mischief: high for a town its size
Vegreville records 20.1 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Easing since 2023
From 167.7 in 2023 to 120.2 in 2025: that is Vegreville’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Vegreville scores 107.9 for violence and 151.7 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Vegreville is 34th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Vegreville’s D
The grade weighs the Crime Severity Index and its violent half, averaged over 2023–2025, against every Canadian town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more.
Its place: #441 of 474 in Alberta and #2,444 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Vegreville, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Vegreville runs highest on mischief (20.1 per 1,000 against 4.9), break and enter (10.4 per 1,000 against 2.8) and drug offences (1.8 per 1,000 against 0.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 63.7 | 10.4 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 15.3 | 2.5 | 35% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 35.3 | 5.8 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 12% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 115.7 | 19 | 12% |
| Mischief | 123 | 20.1 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 6.7 | 1.1 | 94% |
| Administration of justice violations | 60.3 | 9.9 | 75% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7.7 | 1.3 | 65% |
| Drug violations | 10.7 | 1.8 | 68% |
| Impaired driving | 13.3 | 2.2 | 45% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. Cleared: incidents solved by a charge or otherwise, as a share of those reported.
Incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 means, against the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Vegreville’s index fell 28% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (167.7); the low point came in 2025, at 120.2. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Vegreville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 120.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 127.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 167.7 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Vegreville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Vegreville stands 34th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lanark Highlands Ontario | 6,370 | 33.1 | 38.8 | A |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Stettler County No. 6 Alberta | 5,966 | 61.7 | 36.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Redcliff Alberta | 5,916 | 66.7 | 63.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Crowsnest Pass Alberta | 6,011 | 80.2 | 94.5 | C |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Barrhead County No. 11 Alberta | 6,186 | 81.9 | 73.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Beaver County Alberta | 6,245 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| 32 | Stettler Alberta | 6,035 | 108.4 | 89.2 | C− |
| 33 | Creston British Columbia | 5,976 | 111.2 | 103.1 | C− |
| 34 | Vegreville Alberta | 6,153 | 138.4 | 107.9 | D |
| 35 | Melfort Saskatchewan | 6,028 | 144.9 | 143.9 | D |
| 36 | Cochrane Ontario | 5,948 | 145.5 | 191 | D |
| 37 | Woodstock New Brunswick | 6,260 | 153.7 | 132.1 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Vegreville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 150 violent incidents a year on Vegreville’s police records (2023–2025)
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
And about 420 property crimes, plus 150 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Vegreville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegreville | 6,153 | 138.4 | 107.9 | D |
| Minburn County No. 27 (18 km) | 3,142 | 126.5 | 60.8 | D |
| Two Hills (32 km) | 1,698 | 119.1 | 74.4 | C− |
| Two Hills County No. 21 (41 km) | 3,626 | 119.1 | 74.4 | C− |
| Tofield (42 km) | 2,122 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| Beaver County (44 km) | 6,245 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Vegreville. Minburn County No. 27, 17.6 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 126.5 to 138.4.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Vegreville with figures are 18–44 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- How serious, not how safe. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Vegreville
Is Vegreville safe?
Vegreville’s Crime Severity Index is 138.4 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 24.7 violent incidents and 68.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Vegreville?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 20.1, theft under $5,000 at 19 and other Criminal Code offences at 18.6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Vegreville?
Down 28%: 167.7 in 2023, 120.2 in 2025.
How much of Vegreville’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 33% of crime (58% of violent crime, 25% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Vegreville and nowhere else.
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025 (Statistics Canada Open Licence); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services (tables 35-10-0186 to 0190, 0061, 0063, 0064), 2023–2025 · Statistics Canada, Incident-based crime statistics by detailed violations, police services (35-10-0178 to 0185) · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).